Dr. Charlene P.E. Burns - Publications
Books:
Divine Becoming: Rethinking Jesus and Incarnation, (Minneapolis; Fortress Press, 2002)
Articles and Book Chapters:
"The 'Jesus Sutras': Ironies of Inculturation and Romaticized Visions of the East." with Andrew Ruggles, The Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa. Forthcoming vol. 29 Spring, 2005.
"Cognitive Science and Christian Theology," in Soul, Psyche, Brain: New Directions in the Study of Religion and Brain-Mind Science, edited by Kelly Bulkeley (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, Fall 2005).
"Mystic River: A Parable of Christianity's Dark Side," Journal of Religion and Film, Volume 8 Number 2 (April, 2004).
"Christian Souls and Buddhist Not-Selves in Non-Reductive Physicalist Perspective," Buddhist-Christian Studies. Vol. 23. 2003.
"Resources for Teaching 'Women and Religion,'" Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources. Forthcoming Vol. 24 no. 2 2003, 5-8.
"Teaching and Self-Formation: or Why the Ignoble 'Introduction to World Religions' Really Matters", Teaching Theology and Religion, Vol. 4 (Feb. 2001) no. 1: 15-22.
"Theology and Winnicott's Object Relations Theory," Journal of Psychology and Theology, Vol. 27 (1999) no. 1: 3-19.
"The 'Somethingness' of Evil in the Writings of St. Augustine,"The Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa, Vol. 20 (1996): 30-51.
Dissertation:
Re-Imagining Incarnation: The Participation of God in Creation, defended 02/14/00.
Reviews:
For Religious Studies Review:
Released Reviews:
Vol. 29 (2003): 272. Act and Being: Towards a Theology of the Divine Attributes, Colin Gunton (London: SCM Press, 2002).
Vol. 28 (2002) : 240. God and the Universe, Arthur Gibson (New York: Routledge Press, 2001).
Vol. 24 (1998): 178. A New Handbook of Christian Theology, Edited by Donald W. Musser and Joseph L. Price (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992).
Forthcoming:
On Thinking the Human: Resolutions of Difficult Notions, Robert W. Jenson (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2003).
Being Reconciled: Ontology and Pardon, John Milbank (New York: Routledge, 2003).
New Maps for Old: Explorations in Science and Religion, Mary Gerhart & Allan Melvin Russell (New York: Continuum Press, 2001).
For Catholic Studies:
Forthcoming:
Original Sin, Talitha Wiley (Paulist Press, 2002).
Editorial Review Work:
Pre-revision review of Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge, and Change, by Michael Molloy (Mountainview, CA: Mayfield Publishing, 1999).
Pre-publication review of "Alternative Religious Faiths," in Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge, and Change, by Michael Molloy. (Mountainview, CA: Mayfield Publishing, 2001).
Scholarly Papers:
"Seeds of Divine Love Scattered Through the Cosmos: A Theological Interpretation of Altruism in Nature." Religion and Science Group, American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX, November 22, 2004
"Cognitive Dissonance and the Induced-Compliance Paradigm: Ethical Concerns in Teaching Religious Studies." Academic Teaching and the Study of Religion Section, American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX, November 20, 2004.
"Only Jung's God Can Help: What Really Causes Religious Violence? 2nd International Conference on the Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January 10, 2004
"Exorcising the Disembodied Soul: Science, Psychology, & God," American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Person, Culture and Religion Group, Toronto, Canada, 11/02.
"Psychology and the Soul: Winnicott's Third Space and Soul as Emergent Property," American Academy of Religion, Upper Mid-West Regional Meeting. St. Paul, MN. 4/02.
"Soul-less Christianity and Buddhist Empirical Self: Buddhist-Christian Convergence?" American Academy of Religion, Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion. Charlotte, NC, 3/01.
"Divine Sympathy and Human Suffering: A Remedy for Process Theistic Impotence." College Theology Society, Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 3/00.
"Conversation as Sacrament: Toward a Hermeneutic of Sympathy." American Academy of Religion, Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion. Knoxville, TN, 3/1998.
Invited Lectures & Interviews:
"Immoral Acts in the Name of God(s): A View From the Psychology of Religion," University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Brown Bag Lecture Series, Eau Claire, WI, March 10, 2004.
"The Da Vinci Code: Myth or History?" Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire, Christ Church Cathedral, Eau Claire, WI, February 15, 2004.
"Theologians: Jesus' Incarnation is About Flesh and Bone," G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Religion News Service, December 9, 2002. Quoted in.
"Metaphor, God, and the Environment," Religious Studies Honors Colloquium, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. March 12, 2002. Lecture.
